FANUF News and Press, Fanuc Corp From 01/16/23

Summary The key positives for Fanuc Corporation are its attractive valuations and the favorable change in analyst sentiment. Fanuc's key negatives relate to its modest pricing power and the challenges in cross-selling its products. My rating for Fanuc is a Hold, as I view the risk-r...

Summary Automation and robotics are mega-trends for multiple years and decades going forward. But now is not the right time to bet alongside this view. Weak global manufacturing activities and capex spend cuts in the semiconductor industry will dampen demand outlook. Technical analy...

Summary ABB shares are down ~(21%) YTD as FY ‘22 comes to a close, even lagging the Euro STOXX Industrials index which is down ~(16%) YTD. After a rough 1H, Q3 results were strong with strength in the Electrification and Motion businesses, which together contribute ~75% of ABB&#x...

Summary Fisher’s 13F portfolio value decreased from ~$141B to ~$133B in Q3 2022. They added Charles Schwab and increased Nvidia, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs while decreasing Salesforce, Visa, Alibaba Group Holdings, Novartis, Verizon, and Tencent Holdings. The top...

Summary Our 3-step process focuses on wide-moat stocks (as per Morningstar’s rating). We are only interested in those targets that are attractively valued in historical comparison. We share the heat map of the most investable candidates that may be worth your time for f...

Summary The pandemic has provided many lessons for businesses and individuals alike, highlighting many key vulnerabilities. The multi-decade trend of globalization may slow or reverse as U.S.-based businesses bring back certain operations and manufacturing capacity to secure suppl...

Summary IRBO has a very vague mandate, and the companies within are from disparate industries, sharing only vaguely this connection of using AI. Basically, companies that use statistics on their data. It's not saying much. Moreover, the PE is quite low despite the heavy IT exp...

First Eagle Investments is an independent, privately owned asset management firm dedicated to serving the needs of individuals and institutions worldwide as well as the financial professionals that advise them. Many of the first quarter’s equity market dynamics continued to be ...

Fisher’s 13F portfolio value decreased from ~$165B to ~$141B in Q2 2022. Johnson & Johnson and Capital One Financial were increased while reducing Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk this quarter. The top three positions are Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. They add up to ~15% of t...

On 7/15/22, Barron's published its Midyear Roundtable stock picks, following Fortune’s 11 steady-stocks on 7/14/22. Of 53 MY22 stocks selected, 32 pay dividends and 11 of those are primed to buy. The top-10 MY22 showed net gains ranging from 33.22% to 102.07% by ICE, DE, DTEGY,...